{"id":8079,"date":"2011-04-21T18:56:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-22T02:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2011-04-21T18:56:07","modified_gmt":"2011-04-22T02:56:07","slug":"clif-the-climber-red-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rjwine.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/21\/clif-the-climber-red-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Clif The Climber Red 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Clif Family Winery, California, The Climber, Red Wine 2009 <\/strong>This is abundantly fruity, with a profound sense of blackberries, plums and I’m not sure what else.\"Clif<\/a><\/p>\n

This recalls a recent discussion among with a group of colleagues who write and teach about wine. Sometimes the precision of the description of a wine is not as important as the impression of concentration and vividness. This came up again during a class in the VESTA program. What is it that you remember – is it the fact that wine smelled like boysenberries or loganberries or rather that it was just ebulliently fruity?<\/p>\n

But I digress. In the mouth, the fruity theme continues in a light-bodied, smooth format that is ready to consume without a month in the cellar – very nice.<\/p>\n

The grapes were sourced from Mendocino County and Lodi and include 63% Zinfandel, 21% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Syrah, 2% Merlot and 2% Petite Sirah.<\/p>\n

\"Winemaker<\/a>Yes, this is another wine from Gary and Kit, the people that brought us the Clif Bar. Winemakers Sarah Gott and Bruce Regalia.<\/p>\n

Besides the quality of the juice in the bottle, this particular vintage took the first ever award for ‘best wine label’ at the Chronicle Wine Competition in January.\"Clif<\/a><\/p>\n

Vinted and bottled under a screwcap closure in St. Helena 14.1% a media sample with a suggested retail price of $14 Clif Family Winery<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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